(Review from vintageprog.com)

This album was Tull’s crowning achievement and definitive masterpiece as it showed Tull at the most ultra-progressive, consisting of one continuous 43-minute piece spread over both sides of the LP. The lyrics on the album was written by a kid named Gerald Bostock, who of course was none other than Ian Anderson himself, and they dealt with everything from childhood heroes to sexual curiosity. The whole story (and lots of other things) can be read in the 12-page newspaper that the record was wrapped up in. Keyboardist John Evan had now also been much more involved and integrated in Tull’s sound, and his organ-playing is often similar to Tony Banks in tone and sound. This album could probably have been analyzed over several pages as it’s so complex, rich, varied and compositionally brilliant. It varies from soft, acoustic passages to very energetic, cheerful parts and then to aggressive jams, some medieval-influenced stuff and folk-melodies. Anderson’s superb flute-playing is present all the time, and he was undoubtedly one of progressive rock’s most talented persons in this phase of Tull’s career.

Line-up:
- Ian Anderson / flute, acoustic guitar, violin, saxophone, trumpet, vocals
- Martin Barre / electric guitar, luth
- Barriemore Barlow / drums, timpani, percussion
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond / bass, spoken word
- John Evans / organ, piano, harpsichord

Track List:
01. Thick As A Brick – Part 1 (22:39)
02. Thick As A Brick – Part 2 (21:05)

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